Cinder cones are simple volcanoes that form where ... below the ocean surface. One final type of volcanic system is the Large Igneous Province, a massive outpouring of lava made from rocks called ...

Though volcanologists study all types of volcanoes ... resulting over time in a classic volcano cone. —Lexi Krock Note: Some of the text in this feature is adapted from materials produced ...

The two types of volcano form in different places and have ... round hill known as a cinder cone. A lava tube may also form, beneath the surface of the ground, when low viscosity lava develops ...

From the gentle slopes of shield volcanoes to the towering stratovolcanoes, and the underwater peaks of submarine volcanoes, ...

Sunset Crater and its surrounding volcanoes are excellent examples of a type of volcano called a "cinder cone." Cinder cone volcanoes tend to be steep but short conical peaks produced by a single ...

If you can stay longer, climb Cinder Cone, an outstanding example of the results of volcanism, and, if you have the stamina for a more demanding trek, try Lassen Peak. Four types of volcanoes ...